The Life & Times of eBay

[Verno]

I'm sure a vast majority of us use eBay, or have done so in the past. It can be a frustrating temptress of misdirection and loss but can also make you laugh from time to time.

The topic is to showcase anything people find in their browsing that may amuse or add to the disbelief some of us feel at times. Like mis-spelling the name of the product when it is written on the box etc. (Thats how I got my MISB Scorbonok :p)

I shall kick it off with some feedback.

I like to have a quick glance through a sellers feedback to gauge what sort of trader he or she is. I can across this one today.

Neutral Feedback by buyer: got what i ask for i still think the item was too much

Reply by seller: YOU bid that much, nobody forced you to!!! Are you serious?

Just plain funny. Although not so funny as it permanently scars your account and makes people like me sift through and read.

I look forward to seeing what else people have found.

[Pulse]

One of the earliest feedback comments I received was...

"I wish I wish I didn't kill that Fish" http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn204/Pulse_Warrior/Random/lolol.gif & no, I didn't just make that up



Make of that what you will... :D

[dirge]

My personal favourite was when someone listed West Virginia on eBay. It got to $US20m, too, before it was pulled :)

[jgon2098]

I'm sure a vast majority of us use eBay, or have done so in the past. It can be a frustrating temptress of misdirection and loss but can also make you laugh from time to time.

The topic is to showcase anything people find in their browsing that may amuse or add to the disbelief some of us feel at times. Like mis-spelling the name of the product when it is written on the box etc. (Thats how I got my MISB Scorbonok :p)

I shall kick it off with some feedback.

I like to have a quick glance through a sellers feedback to gauge what sort of trader he or she is. I can across this one today.

Neutral Feedback by buyer: got what i ask for i still think the item was too much

Reply by seller: YOU bid that much, nobody forced you to!!! Are you serious?

Just plain funny. Although not so funny as it permanently scars your account and makes people like me sift through and read.

I look forward to seeing what else people have found.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheDirtyDigger]

The latest fb I got was...

"I knew what it was and i got it quickly"

ooooooook.....


My favourite though would have to be...


"i love you dirtydigger! the best seller ever. really do hope i deal with u again"

[dirge]

My favourite though would have to be...

"i love you dirtydigger! the best seller ever. really do hope i deal with u again"

There's one born every minute... :D

Seriously, that's good feedback, even if it does mean you do have your own eBay stalker! :)

[1orion2many]

The latest fb I got was...

"I knew what it was and i got it quickly"

ooooooook.....


My favourite though would have to be...


"i love you dirtydigger! the best seller ever. really do hope i deal with u again"

:)Do you get your better half to leave feedback for you DD:D.

[blackie]

"i love you dirtydigger! the best seller ever. really do hope i deal with u again"

WE LOVE YOU TOO :D

[TheDirtyDigger]

:)Do you get your better half to leave feedback for you DD:D.

I could never call my woman my better half as I weigh more than double her. :o

But no that's not her. She'd be one to leave something like....


got what i ask for i still think the item was too much

[1orion2many]

:)I'm not even going to touch that last comment:D

[Verno]

I enjoy how eBay likes to remind me that I'm only 280 more possitive feedbacks away from a Purple Star!

My feedback is 220 and I've been using eBay for 8 or 9 years! So I'm only another 10 years away from that Purple Star!

[kurdt_the_goat]

When i purchased the Takara Collection DVD's from Amazon UK, i found some laughable feedback for the seller i ultimately chose...

"dvd not user friendly and deeply regret the purchase"

and another i found just then, trying to find the one above...

"didnt inform buter it just a documentary very upset cause I thought I was buying a real dvd film"

Their spelling mistake not mine!

[Pulse]

When i purchased the Takara Collection DVD's from Amazon UK, i found some laughable feedback for the seller i ultimately chose...

"dvd not user friendly and deeply regret the purchase"

and another i found just then, trying to find the one above...

"didnt inform buter it just a documentary very upset cause I thought I was buying a real dvd film"

Their spelling mistake not mine!

Maybe the buyer was trying to squeeze their comment under the 80-character limit? Or maybe they're just a douche? :D

[SilverDragon]

I remember reading in the paper than someone put John Howard's integrity on eBay.

[Eruntalon]

The positive feedback comment below is what a seller left for me a few months ago:

"It's painfully obvious that I need a haircut. I'm just too damn lazy. Sorry."

Apparently the seller in question is sick of all the mundane and generic 'GREAT EBAYER A++' crap that people just leave so he now uses his own crazy messages.

http://feedback.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=comic-madness&ftab=FeedbackLeftForOthers

If you check out their feedback left for others it's quite amusing to see what they've come up with.

[TheDirtyDigger]

The positive feedback comment below is what a seller left for me a few months ago:

"It's painfully obvious that I need a haircut. I'm just too damn lazy. Sorry."

Apparently the seller in question is sick of all the mundane and generic 'GREAT EBAYER A++' crap that people just leave so he now uses his own crazy messages.

http://feedback.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=comic-madness&ftab=FeedbackLeftForOthers

If you check out their feedback left for others it's quite amusing to see what they've come up with.

That seller's really crappy. Check out their negs. Alot of unsatisfied people there. Funny comments though.

[jgon2098]

That seller's really crappy. Check out their negs. Alot of unsatisfied people there. Funny comments though.

LOL some of those comments are hilarious

[TheDirtyDigger]

Some weirdo left this feedback for our very own sweet JuzMel...


OMG. Postage so quick. Lovely seller. Clear and eloquent communication. Marry Me

There are some freaks out there hey Mel?

[TheDirtyDigger]

A couple of things about ebay have pee'd me off lately.:mad:

1) Guy wins something from me. He's not far away and it's a fairly expensive item so I offer to drop it off and he can pay COD which he gracefully accepts.
The d'head, when giving me rating feedback, must have given me 3 stars for postage and handling charges because my beautiful 4.9 rating drops to a miserable and ugly 4.8.
3 star rating states shipping charges were neither reasonable or unreasonable.
*sigh*


2) I'm getting stuffed around on a payment. It's been nearly two weeks and the buyer is just stuffing me around. Reckons he is going to pay but keeps finding excuses not to. Because I can't give neg feedback I am scared to push him too hard on it or put him down as a non-paying bidder as no matter what he can give neg feedback and I can't do squat. I wouldn't really worry but the amoint is in excess of $300. By now I could have relisted and had the money in hand.
Taking the neg fb option from sellers does have it's pluses and minuses but as a seller I think it freaking sux!

[sifun]

can't you dispute non paying bidder?

[Pulse]

No idea why he gave you a low score for shipping (All he covered was fuel - if anything at all) & the prick who refuses to pay you... I'd go with Sifun's suggestion & file a dispute.

[TheDirtyDigger]

No idea why he gave you a low score for shipping (All he covered was fuel - if anything at all) & the prick who refuses to pay you... I'd go with Sifun's suggestion & file a dispute.

It was my fuel. I took it around to him to drop it off. I think for the 3 star rating he hasn't actually looked at the stars and just clicked on 'neither reasonable or unreasonable' as there was no shipping costs at all for him. The d'head took it literally instead of thinking about it.

As for filing a dispute this guy says he is going to buy it but his last excuse was 'I can't make our appointment today as my work has had an emergency and I've had to fly to Sydney'.
I'm worried if I push non paying bidder on him I'll end up with neg feedback and wont be able to have it removed if indeed he ends up paying. Feel sorta stuck.

[dirge]

As a buyer who doesn't really sell on eBay, I don't agree with the fact that sellers can't leave feedback at all. A bad buyer is a bad buyer. Better to ask sellers to leave feedback first (ie once they receive payment) than take the option away totally. Good luck, DD.

[Bartrim]

My wife just started selling on ebay and when she was reading about how to start selling it listed an example "Transformers action figure" :) Just a nice little story I thought I'd throw in.

[blackie]

yesterday i had a seller ask me to offer what i wanted to pay for postage from him (USA) to me...

i offered him $0, which he knocked back.... i wonder why :rolleyes:

[Omega Supreme]

yesterday i had a seller ask me to offer what i wanted to pay for postage from him (USA) to me...

i offered him $0, which he knocked back.... i wonder why :rolleyes:

LOL.

About 2/3 weeks ago I had a guy last week send me a msg through ebay asking if I could go any lower on price. It was a starting auction of 99c & he msg'd me while the item still had no bids.

Another seller used the "Buy It Now" option to buy a Marvel figure from my store, within 24 hours he sent me a very abusive msg asking where the *&^% his figure was, I should also mention he had not paid for the item.

[MV75]

Must have thought he'd bought the picture of the item (in which case you could have sent it to him there and then), or he thought it was "teleport to me now".

[blackie]

LOLZ
saw this today
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120413815026&_trksid=p2761.l1259
he wants 100USD to ship it to australia????
i asked him if it was some sort of next second teleportation service....
and no, he didnt get it wrong, because that was my first question with his answer of "the price is what it is"
this is worse than the guy who wanted to charge me 45USD to ship one book style reissue, then didnt reply to any of my messages...
some people

[d*r*j*]

...this is worse than the guy who wanted to charge me 45USD to ship one book style reissue...


I have paid this postage cost for an item of a similar size/ weight, it was a badly mis-labeled auction for a sealed g2 red Slag. The actual cost of shipping was $26 plus change. I was happy to pay the shipping premium.

[bruticus]

LOLZ
saw this today
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120413815026&_trksid=p2761.l1259
he wants 100USD to ship it to australia????
i asked him if it was some sort of next second teleportation service....
and no, he didnt get it wrong, because that was my first question with his answer of "the price is what it is"
this is worse than the guy who wanted to charge me 45USD to ship one book style reissue, then didnt reply to any of my messages...
some people

this looks like a case where the seller is trying to avoid paying ebay fees by keeping their final auction amount really low and recouping actual costs through postage....
I've had to do this for some auctions in HK... BIN price = 4.99AUD, Postage = 150AUD...Luckily i have bought from the HK guy before otherwise, insurance and paypal claims if things had gone wrong, would have been a total nightmare to recoup....

Even so, that x-brawn doesnt look like its worth 101USD total anyways...

[GoktimusPrime]

I paid AU$100 for insured registered post for my Brave Maximus - which is of course a massively huge and heavy toy. US$100 for postage for a Deluxe?! Only if it came in a gold-plated lead box hand-delivered by armed guards.

[TheDirtyDigger]

Weird. My 'My Ebay' page had a glitch before and I could see on the things I'd won whether the sellers had marked it 'Sent', 'Paid' etc and the tracking numbers they'd put to it like I was in their own ebay page.
It's gone now dammit.

[blackie]

Weird. My 'My Ebay' page had a glitch before and I could see on the things I'd won whether the sellers had marked it 'Sent', 'Paid' etc and the tracking numbers they'd put to it like I was in their own ebay page.
It's gone now dammit.

ebay US vs ebay AU i believe
us has that tracking and posted crap, au doesnt

[TheDirtyDigger]

ebay US vs ebay AU i believe
us has that tracking and posted crap, au doesnt

Correct! You're a smart boy blackie. I'm glad I made you my ward.

[STL]

I'm glad I made you my ward.

:confused: I'm not sure who to be sorry for, you or Lucy.

[jgon2098]

It was my fuel. I took it around to him to drop it off. I think for the 3 star rating he hasn't actually looked at the stars and just clicked on 'neither reasonable or unreasonable' as there was no shipping costs at all for him. The d'head took it literally instead of thinking about it.

As for filing a dispute this guy says he is going to buy it but his last excuse was 'I can't make our appointment today as my work has had an emergency and I've had to fly to Sydney'.
I'm worried if I push non paying bidder on him I'll end up with neg feedback and wont be able to have it removed if indeed he ends up paying. Feel sorta stuck.

What you can do is send him a feedback revision form and ask him to give you max stars. If he doesn't, ban him from future sales. Pride over money.